Computer Science Standard Alignment Guides are resources for teachers working to integrate computer science into their core curriculum. These guides explain the standard, give a sample activity or lesson that teaches the standard, and ways to measure student proficiency on the skill or concept.

This set contains all 6th-8th Grade CS Standard Alignment Guides. The CS Standard Alignment Guides help teachers integrate computer science into their other content areas and provide background information on the standard, vocabulary, sample lesson, and integration opportunities. 

Computer Science Standard Alignment Guides are resources for teachers working to integrate computer science into their core curriculum. These guides explain the standard, give a sample activity or lesson that teaches the standard, and ways to measure student proficiency on the skill or concept.

Computer Science Standard Alignment Guides are resources for teachers working to integrate computer science into their core curriculum. These guides explain the standard, give a sample activity or lesson that teaches the standard, and ways to measure student proficiency on the skill or concept.

Description: Water is a natural resource that is limited and needs to be conserved.  Students will collect data about how much water they are using at home, design a plan to conserve water, implement the plan, and again take data to determine their success.

This represents an entire unit designed to be cross curricular in nature for English 11 and VA/US History. The Historical Fiction Research Unit Google Doc can be found here and contains various links to additional resources to support this unit of study.The "before", "during", and "after" are included in each day for this series.  The unit will take approximately 12 days.

In this lesson, students engage in a historical jigsaw activity focused on westward expansion. The lesson ends with a coding project where students create “postcards” by coding with Twine, expressing the perspectives of different groups experiencing the effects of westward expansion.--

This set contains all Kindergarten through 5th Grade CS Standard Alignment Guides. The CS Standard Alignment Guides help teachers integrate computer science into their other content areas and provide background information on the standard, vocabulary, sample lesson, and integration opportunities. 

This set contains all Kindergarten through 8th Grade CS Standard Alignment Guides. The CS Standard Alignment Guides help teachers integrate computer science into their other content areas and provide background information on the standard, vocabulary, sample lesson, and integration opportunities. 

Description: Magnetic Max loves magnets so much, he decided to work for a roofing company, using his electromagnets to pick up nails for roofers when they are done with a roofing job. But, he needs your help. Max’s tool is too weak, and he needs you to create a model of a tool that can pick up the largest amount of nails in 10 seconds. He has to be able to pick up the nails, and then be able to release the nails and put them in a bucket for disposal.

Description:  Students will implement an energy conservation plan for my school building.  

Description: Students will be able to observe and provide evidence of soil erosion around the schoolyard, create and implement a plan to reduce erosion, and create a proposal for cost and resources needed to implement the plan.

Description: Throughout the world and history musical instruments have been used to communicate, a source of entertainment and rituals. Your group will use your knowledge of sound to design your own musical instruments and create an original music composition to entertain your class.

Description:  There is weathering, erosion, and deposition occurring on the playground and disturbing the area where the students can play!  First, invite the students to try to locate areas on the school grounds that show signs of these processes.  Visit these areas as a class and observe what is happening as the soil is broken down, moved away, and dropped somewhere else. (If there is not an appropriate spot on the school grounds, the teacher can use a photograph.)  Your job is to determine the best way to stop the soil from breaking down and moving so the playground is not ruined.